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    The document discusses legal definitions and concepts related to civil personality and juridical persons under Philippine law. It defines when a fetus is considered born for legal purposes, how civil personality ends with death, and categories of juridical persons such as corporations, partnerships, and government entities.

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    Article 40.

    Birth determines personality; but the conceived child shall be considered born for all purposes that are favorable to it, provided it be born later
    with the conditions specified in the following article. (29a)

    Article 41. For civil purposes, the foetus is considered born if it is alive at the time it is completely delivered from the mother's womb. However, if the foetus
    had an intra-uterine life of less than seven months, it is not deemed born if it dies within twenty-four hours after its complete delivery from the maternal
    womb. (30a)

    Article 42. Civil personality is extinguished by death.

    The effect of death upon the rights and obligations of the deceased is determined by law, by contract and by will. (32a)

    Article 43. If there is a doubt, as between two or more persons who are called to succeed each other, as to which of them died first, whoever alleges the
    death of one prior to the other, shall prove the same; in the absence of proof, it is presumed that they died at the same time and there shall be no
    transmission of rights from one to the other. (33)

    CHAPTER 3
    Juridical Persons

    Article 44. The following are juridical persons:

    (1) The State and its political subdivisions;

    (2) Other corporations, institutions and entities for public interest or purpose, created by law; their personality begins as soon as they have been
    constituted according to law;

    (3) Corporations, partnerships and associations for private interest or purpose to which the law grants a juridical personality, separate and distinct
    from that of each shareholder, partner or member. (35a)

    Article 45. Juridical persons mentioned in Nos. 1 and 2 of the preceding article are governed by the laws creating or recognizing them.

    Private corporations are regulated by laws of general application on the subject.

    Partnerships and associations for private interest or purpose are governed by the provisions of this Code concerning partnerships. (36 and 37a)

    Article 46. Juridical persons may acquire and possess property of all kinds, as well as incur obligations and bring civil or criminal actions, in conformity with
    the laws and regulations of their organization. (38a)

    Article 47. Upon the dissolution of corporations, institutions and other entities for public interest or purpose mentioned in No. 2 of article 44, their property
    and other assets shall be disposed of in pursuance of law or the charter creating them. If nothing has been specified on this point, the property and other
    assets shall be applied to similar purposes for the benefit of the region, province, city or municipality which during the existence of the institution derived the
    principal benefits from the same. (39a)

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